originally published by: The BBC
26th February 2010

A British grandmother on death row in Texas is lodging a last-ditch appeal with the US Supreme Court.

Linda Carty, 51, faces execution within months unless the court agrees to rehear her abduction and murder case. A video plea in support of Carty, who was born on St Kitts to parents from the British territory of Anguilla, will be submitted to the court.

Campaigners say her conviction in 2002 for the murder of a 25-year-old woman was “catastrophically flawed”. The appeal from her legal team will be made alongside a document from the British government outlining its concerns over her sentence.

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